Patch.com
New Atlantic Ave. Bar Named One Of Best In America
Patch.com
ATLANTIC AVENUE, BROOKLYN — Diamond Reef, a tropical-themed speakeasy that opened in March on the no-man's-land that is Atlantic Avenue, is already getting recognized in a big way. Esquire just named it one of its "24 Best Bars In America," not ...

Curbed NY
How Google Street View documents a changing New York City
Curbed NY
Heck, the High Line and Brooklyn Bridge Park hadn't even opened yet. But what a difference a decade makes. Here, we've used Google Street View's time machine function to track the evolution of several New York streetscapes—the difference is pretty ...

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City & State
How Jersey City unemployment was gerrymandered to help Kushner pitch investor visas
City & State
In 2011, I described the "Bed-Stuy Boomerang" that linked the Atlantic Yards project to poorer sectors; the New York Times showed an EB-5 project in Manhattan jumping the East River to encompass an "adjacent" census tract. More recently, the Wall ...

Patch.com
City Loses Appeal To Move More Families Into Brooklyn Shelter While Court Case Continues
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, NY — The city lost an appeal Wednesday afternoon to allow it to move more families into a Crown Heights homeless shelter that sits in limbo following a lawsuit filed by some neighbors. A judge last week issued a temporary ...

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Survey Finds Large Support For Mayor's Homeless Shelter Plan
Patch.com
They mayor has so far announced sites for five of those 90 shelters under the plan, which seeks to completely end the use of "cluster" and hotel sites. Three locations — two in the Bronx and one in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn — have opened without ...

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'Crown Heights' Movie Has A Release Date
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CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — "Crown Heights," an award-winning movie about a man wrongfully sent to prison, will be released on August 25 in the United States, according to multiple reports. The movie stars Lakeith Stanfield and former Pro Bowl NFL ...

Brooklyn Daily
On the run! Brooklynites burn rubber in half marathon
Brooklyn Daily
The 13.1-mile run kicked off in Prospect Heights and raced down to Coney Island's Boardwalk where thousands cheered the runners in an over-the-top extravaganza packed with live music, stilt walkers tricked out in hand-made costumes by Modern Gypsies ...

Patch.com
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against One Brooklyn Homeless Shelter; Other Remains Blocked
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"Today's order dismissing the lawsuit and ending the injunction is a positive step forward for our homeless neighbors from Brooklyn who now have the opportunity to be sheltered closer to the communities they call home," Isaac McGinn, a spokesman for ...

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New York Times
At Olmsted, a Living Memory of a Farm-to-Table Meal
New York Times
... a seedling from the greenhouse to the garden spot where they have removed their plant. Proceeds go to GrowNYC, the environmental organization that runs the city's Greenmarkets: Olmsted, 659 Vanderbilt Avenue (Park Place), Prospect Heights, Brooklyn ...

Patch.com
SEE: Demonstrators Clash Outside Of Controversial Brooklyn Armory Site
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CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A group of community leaders hoping to voice their support for the city's plan to redevelop an old Armory in Crown Heights were met by a small, but vocal, contingent of neighborhood activists who oppose it, setting off a ...
Crown Heights pol switches gears, condemns Bedford-Union Armory redevelopment dealBrooklyn Paper

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